GLORY 60 Lyon Fight Card Finalized for Saturday, Oct. 20

GLORY, the world’s premier stand-up combat league, today announced the finalized fight card for GLORY 60 Lyon, as well as GLORY 60 SuperFight Series and the GLORY 60 prelims, taking place from Palais des Sports de Gerland on Saturday, Oct. 20.

Twenty-three-year-old Muay Thai prodigy Jimmy Vienot (61-15, 33 KO, fighting out of France) will go up against another gifted young welterweight in 21-year-old Dmitry Menshikov (19-2, 5 KO, fighting out of Russia) as part of GLORY 60 Lyon.

Mehdi “Man of Steel” Bouanane (22-9, 12 KO, fighting out of France) and Matěj “Money” Peňáz (20-2, 9 KO, fighting out of the Czech Republic) will both be making their GLORY debuts, squaring off at middleweight.

Lightweight Michael Palandre (25-2, 9 KO, fighting out of France), who hails from Montrond-les-Bains,now has an opponent in fellow Frenchman Mohamed Soumah (24-3, 8 KO, fighting out of France).

In the super bantamweight division, Swedish striker Sofia Olofsson (48-8, 24 KO, fighting out of Sweden) returns to GLORY for a fight with French newcomer Cindy “The Cyborg” Silvestre (26-15-1, fighting out of France).

Thailand’s Thong Fairtex gets the GLORY 60 SuperFight Series action started, taking on an opponent be to named shortly.

More French fighters have joined the GLORY 60 prelims, with Mustafa Yasar (12-2-1, fighting out of France) meeting Mehdi Kada (13-3, 4 KO, fighting out of France) at welterweight and Said Ahamada (22-5, 11 KO, fighting out of France) facing featherweight Geoffrey Vivies (8-4, 3 KO, fighting out of France).